PRWeb Reviews – Read Before Buying

Focus: Targeted distribution of press releases to Google News, global news sites, credentialed journalists, bloggers, websites, media influencers, social networks and wire servicesReach: Distributes to media outlets across North America, Latin America, EMEA and Asia; PRWeb.com generates nearly 3 million hits per month.Notable Clients / Typical Clients: Client roster includes local small businesses and e-commerce sites as well as more well-known organizations such as Easter Seals, Petco, FoodNetwork.com, and Parents MagazineWebsite:http://prweb.comPhone: General customer service number for inquiries (866) 640-6397Customer Service: Get live phone support from 24/7 with their editorial desk (one serves North American clients, the other number serves clients in the UK). PRWeb also offers live chat and direct numbers to their offices in Herndon, VA; Beltsville, MD; and Ferndale, WA.Pricing: No annual membership. PRWeb.com offers five plans starting at the Basic package for $99 per news release.

Basic Package Includes:

Searchable on the three major search engines – Google, Bing and Yahoo!

Targeted distribution in 2 regions and 5 industries

Real-time reporting and tracking (pick-ups and impressions)

Services:

On-site distribution – Post your press release to the site to give your press release the chance to be found by media influencers, journalists and investors. Choose 5 industries and 2 regions to make your press release easier to find by media professionals, bloggers, journalists and publishers looking for stories.

Multi-media press releases – Further optimize press releases by including video, images and audio in press releases to make them more engaging and shareable and

SEO & PageRank: With a credible Google PageRank of 7, PRWeb.com includes no-follow links in all press releases but your membership entitles you to release writing assistance from a member of the PRNewswire team. All releases are indexed by Google, Bing and Yahoo! and premium packages include text and tag optimization..

Noteworthy PRWeb Reviews

No. 1 Reviews – A thorough editor’s review of 20 press release distribution services puts PRWeb.com right at the top of the list, earning more than 4 out of 5 stars. The editor rated criteria like level of media exposure, value for the money, customer support, ease of navigation and ease of joining. “If you’re brand new to press releases or you’ve written and distributed them 1000 times before, there’s always more you could learn. PRWeb.com offers an affordable and devoted global press release service (with a special focus on UK markets), with a number of additional services to help you improve your press releases and attain greater visibility online.” [ Read More ]

Knoji Consumer Knowledge – Overall, PRWeb gets high marks for affordability, distribution options and particularly for its partnership with the Associated Press. The primary drawback noted is the 350 word limit for press releases. “PRWeb is the grand-daddy press release service.” [ Read More ]

Searchengineland – A scathing critique of PRWeb’s loose guidelines as to what constitutes quality content,, based on the company’s widespread distribution of a fraudulent press release claiming Google would buy ICOA for $400 million. The press release turned out to be unauthorized, but drew the ire of many business and technology writers who assumed the release was credible based on PRWeb’s previously unquestioned credibility. “As it turns out, the Viagra release above didn’t make it into Google News, perhaps because only the “Standard” package of $159 was purchased. Google News and news search engines seem to require going up to the “Advanced” package for $199.” [ Read More ]

We used this service for a press release. They claimed it was picked up by hundreds of news organizations. They have a web page that lists all of these places. But, none of them showed up in google searches. And when you went to the sites, you couldn’t find the press release using the search feature on the pages. Seems like a waste of time and money. I told them about this, and they were shocked! Somehow I think they have been told before…

I started my website, Gracious Watch about 3 years ago. I had experience with many PR companies like SBwire, MarketersMedia, PR Newswire etc to get our releases out there.

We had the strongest respond from PRweb but it’s definitely not the most cost effective option.

At first, I used PR services to gain more awareness to my site hoping reporters or bloggers would respond to our releases. But I had given up hope on that. Over the course of 3 years, I had sent probably around 10 to 15 PRs. None of the reporters, bloggers got back to us.

I now use PR services only for one purposes. To increase my site SEO ranking. I don’t see immediate results but I believe my site ranks quite highly has a lot to do with PR services.

It depends on what you want to achieve with PRweb. For SEO, why not!? For public awareness by hoping reporters and bloggers get back to you? Please don’t waste your money.

These guys talked to me whilst they were trying to pitch a sale. They seemed genuine, so I went along with them and thought I would give them a go. Now that my year subscription has passed, I decided to check on their performance…ABSOLUTE RUBBISH! There were only a few links to my website when checking google search engine with site:website.com procedure, and what’s worse, none of the links would actually work!!! I have since tried to cancel my subscription (immediately), and they have still not responded, it has been 2 months since and they are still charging my credit card! ABSOLUTE RUBBISH! STAY AWAY FROM THESE PEOPLE IF YOU VALUE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND ACTUAL SERVICE-AS FAR AS I AM AWARE, THEY HAVE DONE NOTHING FOR MY BUSINESS. NOT RECOMMENDED!!!

Tim, I totally agree with you. My release would not be submitted in its current state. Despite the fact that it did have a solid news angle (record annual sales for one of my clients) they said it was not newsworthy. They wanted me to change the focus of the release or else they would not distribute to the full distribution list. I’ve recently asked for a refund and will be distributing through another site.

An SEO friendly, secure press release platform? Had to give this a try. Plus I’ve heard great reviews about it. Haven’t gotten much feedback at all yet, but the release went out this morning. As our company grows, I plan to try using more of the features to get the full benefits from it. It was affordable with the $50 off first release. Now I’m looking to do the subscription after I see how well it does…

Great resource for client press release distribution. We like the multimedia integration to releases as they are SEO friendly and easy to share on social media platform. As with most PR, the true coverage is garnered by calling media individually and offering your news with a story pitch or angle. Cost is per release and affordable.

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